Public Law Children – Respite placement – Orthodox Jewish children – Decision not to place them at Orthodox Jewish residential placement – Claim of breach of Arts 8/9/14 of the ECHR
The judge held that the decision not to place the 15-year-old child for 12 weeks at an Orthodox Jewish residential placement infringed Art 9 of the ECHR.
(Queen's Bench Division, Stephen Davies, sitting as a High Court judge, 01 March 2021)
Public Law Children – Respite placement – Orthodox Jewish children – Decision not to place them at Orthodox Jewish residential placement – Claim of breach of Arts 8/9/14 of the ECHR
The judge held that the decision not to place the 15-year-old child for 12 weeks at an Orthodox Jewish residential placement infringed Art 9 of the ECHR.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2021] EWHC 455 (Admin)
Case No: CO/3834/2020
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT IN MANCHESTER
Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Date handed down: 1 March 2021
Before His Honour Judge Stephen Davies sitting as a High Court Judge
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Between:
A and B (minors, by their uncle and litigation friend M)
A Local Authority
Ben Mansfield (instructed by [a firm]) for the Claimants
Hilton Harrop-Griffiths (instructed by [a firm]) for the Defendant
Hearing date: 16 February 2021
Date draft judgment handed down: 23 February 2021
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APPROVED JUDGMENT
This judgment was handed down remotely by circulation to the parties' representatives by email. It will also be released for publication on BAILII. The date and time for hand-down is deemed to be 2 p.m. on Monday 1 March 2021.
I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A paragraph 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
Judgment: Re A and B (Minors Placement Faith) [2021] EWHC 455 (Admin)
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